Through the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" reach into almost every area of American life and often directly benefit huge corporations. ALEC is the heart and soul of the GOP.

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Monday, July 2, 2012

The Republicans’ Biggest Obsession

THINK

PROGRESS

GOP Focused on Old Battles, Not Moving America Forward

As we discussed Friday,
the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Obamacare has really thrown
Republicans for a loop. Things didn’t get any better over the weekend.
Instead of moving on and working to move the country forward,
Republicans are continuing to obsess over taking away people’s health
care. They don’t seem to have a coherent strategy or a plan to match
their obsession — just a commitment to turn health care back over to the
insurance companies at the expense of jobs or our economy.

Here’s the rundown on the GOP’s all-over-the-map behavior on health care.

VOTE TO TAKE AWAY POPULAR BENEFITS, AGAIN: After
Thursday’s ruling, Republicans immediately announced that next week
they’ll once again vote to put the insurance companies back in control,
take away health coverage from more than 30 million Americans, and
rescind popular benefits that millions of young Americans, seniors, and
children with pre-existing conditions, among others, are already
experiencing. It seems that Republicans want to waste time re-fighting
old battles instead of working on jobs or the economy.